Tennis

The tennis fraternity seems to be beset with one important discussion. Whether Novak Djokovic will be able to crack his own dream of clinching French Open title, he has not been able to win so far. The world of tennis has seen several greats who have the Grand Slams in their caps, but were forced to return without coveted trophy from Roland Garros.

Serena Williams, despite being in Rome, is feeling like being in USA. Novak Djokovic also, in spite having reached the final of Rome Masters, felt like being at his home. Andy Murray after reaching final of the championship for an encounter against Djokovic also was happy when he informed he would be celebrating his 29th birthday with his coaching team at Rome but it would be an atmosphere as if he is in his home in Great Britain.

The ongoing Rome Masters finally is going to watch the duel of two great players. It will be Novak Djokovic versus Rafael Nadal in the quarter final. The World number one, surviving the first set, came out with explosive mental strength to finish the match against Tomaz Bellucci finally with a scoreline of 0-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the third round match on Thursday. In the other quarterfinal, Andy Murray will meet David Goffin.

Andy Murray, within 48 hours after having departed from his high-profile French coach Amielie Mauresmo, announced it might have been a blow to his consistency where he was belonging to world number two, but at the same time, there should be a balance between a high profile coach and heavyweight student where both can accommodate time to spend together. Mauresmo has been, no doubt the highest profile female coach in the tennis world.

No one knows what will be the reaction of his comments in the tennis fraternity in near future. No doubt, his statement has not been as indecent as his predecessor the sacked CEO of Indian Wells Raymond Moore had earned fury in tennis fraternity for his discriminating remarks over the unequal payment system between the men and women tennis players.

Even after having arrived at Madrid she did not know whether she would be able to take part in the qualifying rounds in Madrid Open. Her ranking was not enough. From airport she went straight to the championship organizers and asked whether she was eligible to play in the championship. There were only around 15 minutes left for the start of the championship.

In an interesting twist of the sensational incident where Maria Sharapova has been facing a provisional ban for last one month, the Russian star might be freed. The reason is that the scientists of World Anti Doping Agency {WADA} have not been to detect the after effect of Meldonium, the banned drug according to Wada list after January 1, 2016. And Sharapova had confessed that she has been taking Meldonium for last 10 years.